Black Water

Long Time, No See

"Come home now."

What did I do? All my chores were done, my grades were up, I didn't break anything, and there wasn't anything I've misplaced of my mom's. Elaine pulled into my drive way then sighed, "Alright, tell your mama I said what's uppp."

I laughed as I grabbed my bag and got out of the car. After she backed out she waved to me before driving off. My phone buzzed in my hand, another text from my mom.

"Where are you?"

What was the big emergency? What did I do? I went inside the house, the smell of sphagetti hitting my nose, and walked into the kitchen where my mom was standing at the stove. I walked up behind her and peered over her shoulder. Yes, it was definitely sphagetti, she was stirring a big pot of it while the tomato sauce boiled.

"I'm home."

"Good, now go get changed into something nice for dinner." She said, rushing me out of the kitchen.

"Why, is someone coming over?"

"Yeah, mom and dad's old military friends and their kids." Naiya answered from the living room.

"Well why do I have to go and change into something else...nice?" I looked down at myself, my outfit looked fine to me.

"Because I said so and I mean it, something nice."

I trudged up the stairs to my room and threw my bag in the corner. Naiya dived on to my bed smiling as she plucked a piece of lint off her skirt. I took in her outfit, she didn't dress like she use too. Naiya use to be a tomboy, but she dressed more girly now that she was getting older. She was also taking up my love for heels and make up. Today she wore red lipstick, silver hoops, a short sleeved black and red buttoned up plaid shirt, a light gray pencil skirt that overlapped her shirt, and knee high black socks, which were mine. Her hair was parted down the middle and curled from the flat iron. I had to give her props, my little sister really did look good today.

Sometimes I couldn't help but feel envious of her; she was short and petite while I was tall and skinny. Having a high metabolism is not something I can help but it is embarrassing when my little sister and her middle school friends have bigger boobs than me. Compared to my sister's body, she's "thick" and I'm a stick, she had a nice butt and I had a flat butt, she had small feet and I had long feet.

"What do you want?" I asked.

"I came to help you pick out your outfit." Naiya replied, crossing her legs, "I can't be looking cute while my older sister looks...alright."

I rolled my eyes and walked into my closet. My clothes are alright in my opinion but I could definitely go shopping for cuter things. I grabbed my long navy blue cardigan off it's it hanger, a white tank top, and a pair of black leggings.

"You can do better than that." Naiya said, raising an eyebrow.

"Shut up Naiya."

I changed into my outfit then stood in front of my dresser putting on eyeliner and putting in my silver hoops.

"Your cat eye is so perfect!" Naiya frowned, "I can never do mine like yours."

"It's not hard, just start from where your bottom eyelashes end and make an angle then fill it in from the top."

"That sounds too confusing....Mya you look really pretty."

"Yeah whatever, you just said you look cute and I look alright."

I took one last look in the mirror. I admit I do believe I have a pretty face but it's always overlooked because of my size. Guys don't want skinny girls because they have "no ass" and need to "eat".